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overtime

/noun, adverb, adjective oh-ver-tahym; verb oh-ver-tahym/US // noun, adverb, adjective ˈoʊ vərˌtaɪm; verb ˌoʊ vərˈtaɪm //

加班,加班费,加班时间,加时

Related Words

extra额外的,额外,剩余的,补充supplementary补充,补充的,补充性的,补充说明added额外的,補充說明,额外,额外增加的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : working time before or after one's regularly scheduled working hours; extra working time.
    • : pay for such time.
    • : time in excess of a prescribed period.
    • : Sports. an additional period of play for deciding the winner of a game in which the contestants are tied at the end of the regular playing period.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : during overtime: to work overtime.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or for overtime: overtime pay.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·timed, o·ver·tim·ing.

    • : to give too much time to.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.additional
Synonyms
extra额外的,额外,剩余的,补充added额外的,補充說明,额外,额外增加的supplementary补充,补充的,补充性的,补充说明

Examples

  • Teams get two points in the standings for a win of any kind while an overtime loss, including the shootout, earns a team one point, also known as the “loser point.”

  • Unionization could give these Alabama warehouse employees the opportunity to collectively fight for regular pay raises and have bargaining power when it comes to obligations like mandated overtime shifts.

  • It’s hard, because people that work here, they’ve been working full-time, no vacations, overtime, in order to care for their patients.

  • We should work weekends and overtime, ruthlessly pursuing wealth and status, to demonstrate our commitment to family.

  • Mandatory overtime, Knox said, is communicated to workers no later than their lunch break the previous day.

  • Clinkscales is still a cop, and made more than $100,000 in salary and overtime last year.

  • All of these people, and millions more like them, deserve a little overtime.

  • This would restore overtime rights to workers earning up to around $50,000 a year, which is roughly the current median.

  • The CAP paper estimates that if current trends continue unabated, overtime pay will disappear entirely by 2026.

  • But they are paid less, and the vanishing overtime pay is a big part of why.

  • Before I'd gone five miles the hoodoo that had been working overtime on my behalf got busy again.

  • Joe was working overtime, covering the drills, while his father was doing the stable work.

  • Mr. Van Dyke and his clerks, assisted by boy scouts, were working overtime to gratify all these demands.

  • One special cause of offense was the keeping back of overtime money to buy a new jacket.

  • Her jacket had been bought with money earned by working overtime, a result secured by the most persistent effort and argument.

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